Tai yuan museum
location
Taiyuan / China
client
Taiyuan City
programme
archaeological museum
area
50.000 m²
cost
60 M€
lead architect
Paul Andreu architecte paris
associated architect
Richez_Associés
architect & consulting engineer in China
BIAD (Beijing Institute of Architectural Design)
The city of Taiyuan, 3.3 million inhabitants south of Beijing, entrusted Paul Andreu the design of its archaeological museum. In collaboration with BIAD, we developed the project with him, determined the layout of the exhibition floors, the structures and facade architecture - the five oblique volumes of the museum are clad in kliplock sheets with vertical butt joints enhanced with glass blade upstands.